Blowing In the New Year

Began a bright and sunny morning with breakfast and the current version of Muppet Babies. Kermit and Fozzie are "Best Friend Fixer-Uppers," but they keep getting distracted by another project before they finish the previous one. They learn a lesson about finishing what they start when Bunsen's rocket goes out of control before they can finish it. "Gonzo's Coop Dreams" has him joining the chickens' basketball team to help them beat the Bad Eggs. He's hopeless at basketball, until he borrows a pair of "Can't Lose Shoes" from Bunsen. Suddenly, he's racking up points...until the shoes short out, and he's reminded that it's not whether you win or lose, but how you play the game that counts.

Worked on writing for an hour after the show ended. After Robert and Tom knock out the sailors, Gene and Allen take down two more. They decide it'll be easier to look for Brett as sailors than as sheets. Gene gets a very drunk sailor to tell them Brett's at dinner with Colonel Mark Goodson, sending the others to his cabin.

Broke for lunch at 11. Watched Laverne & Shirley while having a Banana Pineapple Smoothie for lunch. The third season episode "New Year's Eve - 1960" starts out well, with Laverne getting a date to Shirley's New Year's party with a guy she's liked for years and Shirley going with Carmine. Laverne is devastated when the guy abandons her in the middle of the party and returns to his original girlfriend. At least she has Lenny dropping Squiggy instead of the ball to look forward to.

Headed off to work shortly after the show ended. Work was slightly busier, likely due to this being our Senior Discount Day. Otherwise, same deal as the last couple of days. I spent the afternoon rounding up carts, gathering trash and overflowing recycling, and doing returns. It was cold and windy, but at least the sun was out all day, with not a cloud in the sky. No problems whatsoever, including with the Uber trips. 

Went straight into leftovers for dinner and Match Game '75 when I got home. Gary Burghoff nodded off in the opening, while the others compared a contestant and his considerable mustache to a certain popular southern actor of the 1970's and 80's. Match Game PM was noisier, with Fred Grandy sporting a newsboy cap and Bart Braverman fiddling around with a duck call throughout the episode. 

Sale of the Century was another close one, right up until the end. This time, the champ bought two Instant Bargains, won all Fame Games (and got a number card on one), and killed at the Speed Round. She won a 2,500 ski package shopping spree from the Match the Prizes board.

Finished out the night with The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady on TCM. I go further into this charming 1890's backstage tale at my Musical Dreams Movie Reviews blog.

The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady